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Old 17 June 2010, 19:16   #1
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Recently over the past few months ive started looking at getting a boat. Main reason behind this is my fear of flying but wanting to travel. Traveling will be around France, spain, norway, sweden etc.

My Questions are, What size RIB would be best to do channel crossings and cruising along shorelines aka france upto norway?

What is the average range of a RIB? 100? 200? 400 miles?

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Old 18 June 2010, 07:31   #2
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It depends on how adventurous you are really! 4 metre RIBs have gone round England in company before.

Something around 10 metres upwards would be suitable for the sort of thing you're talking about, there are several options and the respective fans of the different makes will be along any minute with their recommendations!

As with any boat bigger weather = bigger boat!
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Old 18 June 2010, 07:47   #3
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I would have thought that a sailing yacht would have been better for that. Got much further range and you live on it.

I am thinking off doing something similar but it wont be on the RIB.

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Old 18 June 2010, 07:49   #4
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Also depends how you want to get there. Is it a journey instead of a plane using an open ish rib to get to a destination/hotel, or cruising with a cabin to sleep in anchored in bays or in marinas?
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Old 18 June 2010, 07:50   #5
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i'm with cookee, a well made 8m plus will do the job, you are always going to get seas that anysize boat won't like, sometime in 2m rollers i wished for a smaller boat so i didn't hit both waves at once, but you've got to think of all the kit and fuel you will carry for extended cruising and if you're going petrol you need to think more carefully about fuel and tank size, petrol's not always available in some places, i say 8 plus cos mine's 8.5m and i've never had to many problems and i can always get into a marina, 30ft puts you into another bracket with marina's, off to st malo myself at the end of the month
just read your profile, i used to live in old worting road just down from the hammer and tongs pub and now i'm waking up i shouldn't miss the oppurtinity and tell you my cabin rib is up for sale
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